US EditionTheories Swirl White House Used A.I. to Calculate Newest Tariffs
- A theory suggests that President Trump's new tariffs were formulated with help from Artificial Intelligence, as indicated by users on X and supported by reports from The Verge.
- Trump announced tariffs of at least 10% on nearly 100 countries, claiming they were necessary for boosting domestic manufacturing and fairness in trade.
- Economist James Surowiecki noted that the method for calculating the tariffs resembles a formula suggested by AI chatbots, although the White House denied using that method.
- As the tariffs are set to take effect, experts warn that this simple formula could lead to negative consequences for consumers and the economy.
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US tariffs, the suspicion on the formula used by Trump: “Produced with GPT chat.” But Ai is wiser
The suspicion was born already on April 2, in the hours following Donald Trump's announcement of the unprecedented reciprocal tariffs imposed on almost all trading partners. Faced with the cheap formula used to calculate the alleged barriers applied by other countries to US goods, many observers have noticed that it is very similar to that returned by ChatGPT, Grok and other artificial intelligence models to those who ask how to set up a pricing…
Did Trump copy his tariff maths from a chatbot, including flaws and hallucinations?
The Trump administration’s tariff policy has come under scrutiny after analysts discovered its formula mirrors outputs from AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, and Gemini. At the same time, Donald Trump continues to publicly confuse value-added tax (VAT) with tariffs, deepening what economists now describe as a fusion of populist economics and autocomplete.
Did Trump’s team use ChatGPT to design 'Liberation Day' tariff plan? Report says...
US President Donald Trump imposed “Reciprocal Tariffs” on over 60 countries, but a report by The Verge suggests the math behind it may have come from a simple formula often suggested by AI chatbots like ChatGPT.
Did ChatGPT suggest to Trump the formula for the tariffs?
Several users have noticed that the most popular AI chatbots, when questioned about a simple method to rebalance the deficit in a country's trade balance, give answers very similar to the calculation devised by the Trump administration. Just a coincidence?
Theories Swirl White House Used A.I. to Calculate Newest Tariffs
Has A.I. entered the White House? There's an interesting theory circulating social media claiming President Trump's new sweeping reciprocal tariffs -- slapping a minimum 10% tariff on nearly 100 countries -- were formulated with the help of artificial intelligence.
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